Malnutrition remains one of the most pressing global health crises, exacerbating paediatric mortality in low- and middle-income countries. It has long-term implications, from immediate health concerns ...
Background Most minority populations in Europe generally exhibit lower childhood vaccine uptake compared with the general population. Improving uptake in these populations requires contextually ...
Correspondence to Dr Jan J Barendregt, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston Road, Herston 4006, Australia; j.barendregt{at}sph.uq.edu.au Background The potential impact ...
3 Brown School of Social Work and Institute of Public Health, Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Correspondence to Dr Jean-Francois Trani, Brown School and Institute of Public ...
1 Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK 2 School of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK 3 Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health ...
Background Is being famous a risk factor for premature death? Previous studies indicate that famous musicians have a higher mortality risk compared with the general population. However, these studies ...
Department of Community Health and Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St Louis, USA Correspondence to: Dr R C Brownson, Department of Community Health and ...
STUDY OBJECTIVE The authors investigated whether patients who have survived an acute episode of peptic ulcer bleeding (PUB) have an excess long term all cause mortality compared with the general ...
Background The outcomes framework for the new public health and mental health strategies in England (Healthy Lives Healthy People and No Health without Mental Health) both propose monitoring positive ...
Trimbos-Instituut/Utrecht and VU Medical Centre, Institute of Extramural Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Objective: To identify the most frequent gender-specific suicide methods in Europe. Design ...
Study objectives: To determine if factors associated with HIV infection vary between subpopulations of women resident in Great Britain. Design: Case-control analyses on already existing datasets.
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada Correspondence to: Dr P J Veugelers, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, ...